Mausoleum



Jan. 16, 1923. 1,442,087.

' R. A. NICHOLS.,

MAusoLEuM.

FILED NOV. I4, 1921. l 3 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

INVENTOR Patent-ed .l an. `16, 1923.

Hormis or WinrnnrrAvEN; FLORIDA. v

To all whom if may coito-'cwi lBe, it known that I, Roi-.Anna NioHon's,*

a citizeny of tlieUnitedSt'ates, `residingati Winterliaven, in' the county of Polk andr 5V State of Florida, lia've invented certainneivand useful Improvements in .Mausoleuinsi' o'lvvliich the following i'sa' speciication..

ments'. in Imausoleiims, and .otlierlil'ie' 'structuresY forltlie reception of`- deadbodi'es, and. it primarily l.has tor ,its purpose to lpin-vide 'Y an iin-proved .construction of mausoleum/that' isl speciallyV ldesigned lfor the preservation and Sanitation of the rdead from decayfand n y 1. 5 andfa'receiver' into which itf conveys the` o'my'inv'ention iS'tU'Pr-f l f r y pfvid-e improved" Vconstruction' of ina-usciV Aleum or tlie like, `foifthe?ieceptionjoxthejA dead, -in- 'which'` is' included a. systeinof as'- 15 'the-2 protection ofvgthe living from .gerept infection. z 1

Anotherobject semblage or building upvoiitlie parts; that constitutes the'ini'she'dA striiotiireg'tliat will 'provi-de for ag'large number. offbody recepig tionfconipartnients for: ci'ypts, each iso" ide!" signedutliat there Will-belittle seepage-freins a body that has been properly-prepared for,

entombinent and theV menace:l 'of .said'body 'seepage providedy against by oorfcon-x struction which fensuresthat Va-ll exiidationsA 3o 'from' the crypts is iiistf'iltered and; then ref ceived,` vby gravitation; into Aa.'sealed con# tainerlocated under the foundation ofthefloor of the' lowest' vone?of,the-series of.: crypts, when suoli crypts 4are".arranged in;r

-Verlzlcal.: relation.. A. -v Y the construction offmy'mausoleum follows,

mysaidinvention:consists themeans and 40 the structural elements :hereinafter setr out:

inf, the followingv detailed description,v .as

j specifically. mentionedk in y.the ap.pendedf v claims and illust'ratedi in the. acconfipanying,v-

drawings," in VWhich :V

Figure l isf-aY horizontal sectionnpa'rts' inglin plan'vi'ew,V or. a v4complete crypt or body container vconstructed-. in accordance wit-li my invention, portions of adjacent crypts being also shovvn` f 'Figure 2 4'is a longitudinal,sectiony loi'al in ausoleumconip'osed off aflniiiiiber foivr 'cry-pts" or separate bodv receiving'compartments,

4arranged in .vertical relation. .Figure 3 is a'iliorizontal l front or receiving portion of, a' crypt Vor n ai'etarranged inisidewise:andtfverticalrel `With other minor: objects. ini v*ie\v,'.- which willi become` apparent as they description of i rec'tion ofits'length anddislijcd tedrainy any;vvv f body seepage that may, v. collecti' on"V the hote.

`toni' toward the front end into-1a longitud# l contigiioiisbasin -inf Whicli'fjis' contained v sectioii-v f of :the

plicationl'of a front i sea disinfectant inle'ttra ing :Slam and t1 l .i ep,

hereinafter*speciiicallyffinenti'onedi vFig-iire..4i` is a. frontelevation of 'the parts? n y Y shown in Figure 1:- rllhis invention has reference toi'i'mprovein't'ov the vcrypt.

Figure (ffis ya d one oftheI seepage oftakelor'drajinage pipes/70 drainage".l f, 1 f Figure? is' a:` 'detail cross section-of a; perl tion' fof* the 'crypt Y floory and theffupper A 'endl of V=tl'i`e drainage,l lpip'e that 'v connectsfther With. Y f I f Figure f8 "isa-diagrammatic plan A i.j'ieivj tliatiillnst'rates modified arrangement yof 1 my mansoleuiinimprovenients;y-` 1 Figure 9iv is: a lengitudinal\ sectionl of," fthe' modified,arrangementshown in' Figure ,p jFigiiief l0 y is a '-detailfviewo theA seepage j pipe connection' in the moclified-forin ,v shownf' in-'l`zigiire j kliligure"Illfis afdetafil View ofithef disin-l tentant :inlettr'ap shown lini .Fig-nre 8;

tion each, however, being individually co structedi and hence, eX'cepty Wit/liralgeneral ,Y referencesto thelassemlolage-of crypte, a*- :deu tailed: descriptionof lbut af single; crypt? or" body container, constructed in^ accordance AWith my]ini'ention,r Willi-foll'ovvfn y I jThecrypt"-orbody container includeslaJ=VY n base or bottom' l-tha-t is'concavedf iii-the; di-

nal' basin 2in which is .contained quick linie"` and which has communication lwith another charcoal oriothei. filteringsubstance,- and intovvhichgthefseepage passes, aiid'froniv which" thefiltered*-iiuidy matterccollected p' Within;ftliefgcrypt, vis' drained, I in: the manner presently/explained.

Each crypt 'hasn-opposite!sidewalls `iiO etailvie'vv ofija portion'l preferably concrete,which are joined `by a like back wall and each crypt has any open front whose opposite top and bottoni edges are offset, as at 5, to form edge bearings for the receptionof'a front concrete slab 6 that constitutes the front closure for the crypt and the said slab, after the crypt has `been charged with a preserving chemical (ormal dehyde) is hermetically sealed against y the front of the crypt, as is indicated in the detailed Figure 5.

.At the front corner, opposite the lime holding and filtering basins A2 and 3, the.V

crypt bottom is "formed with a formaldehyde evaporating basin? .that extends .fromthe body receiving end opening oi the crypt rearwardly a distance equal to the basin 2 at the opposite side. v

f 8 designates aninlet pipe whose receiving end is bent upas at 80 and is located just inside of the outer wall edges 41 of the crypt and whose inner end is embedded inv the crypt bottom, and communicatesthrough the said bottom withV the basin 7, as is clearly shown in the drawings. l 1

The aforesaid basin constitutes,v what is hereinafterA termed the formaldehyde evaporating basin, it being understood that while formaldehyde is specically mentionedV asv the preserving element used, any other;

Y chemical adapted tor the same purpose may be employed.

Itl should behere stated that the disin# fect'ant-ingredients lare not injected into Athe crypt` until the ,saidfcrypts are to be used,

after placing a body therein, and afterthel front closure slab()l is applied and sealed all around (except where the lead inlet pipe 8 is located) thus ensuring freshness and strength ofy the disinfectant. `After-the ycharge ofthe combined disinfectant kand y preservalinehasvbeen, forced into thefcrypt,

the receiving lend 8G of thepipe 8 and the adjacent space between the wall il and the 'edge Aof the Jfront closure slab arehermetically sealed. l

To provide forconstant drainage fromthe crypt and yet maintain the` crypt in -a 'her-- metically sealed condition, at. all times, an= outflow pipe 9, preferably of galvanized-` iron, is built in and extends vertically of the wall, as is'best shown in Figure' 2,;`by` reference to which `it will be observed the upper end ofthe pipe 9 terminates inan inwardly bent elbow 90 that projects through the insider face ol the wally and communicates with the bottom of the filtering basin 3 in the crypt base. v

The drainpipe 9V passes-down with the wall, through the base upon which the opposite side walls 1 4 of the cryptare built and with the lowermost end ofV the said pipe fitting and discharging into ai seepage container l0, which, in practice, is Vpreferably a jug orkj ar which has an opening in the top slightly larger than the outsidediaineter of the said discharge "pipe .and the latterzis hermetically cemented into the said jug *orv jarfthus Vforming a sealed vcontainer which i retains the lilteredl seepage as best indicated inFigure 6.'

Each cryptis provided with its individual A' drain pipe, 9 and when the mausoleumis composedofya seriesof crypts disposedin vertical relation, the lpipes 9 for the several crypts areV progressively locatedyonelfoot nearer the rear .end of their .respective crypts and progressing from thelowest cryptto the; j y Y upperone, as 1s clearly shown 'in Figure i?,`

ot' the` drawings, such arrangement of the drain pipes providingior a practical placing.` of the containers or receiversl()` below the j floor zof the bottom crypt. 1 f y l.

In Figures8 and 19, is illustrated ,a some@ what modiiied ,arrangementv of my' constructionkr of crypt and infthis latter form, the bottom of the crypt is' provided .with oppo-u sitely located longitudinal z bridgel lwallsy i ll-ll that form rests for the casket ywhen.`

the crypt issput to use, and the said-opposite bridge walls' extend from the flront opening of the crypt kto near the-rear end thereof,

the rear endof the said wallsrnerging with s f a cross or end walllli' f In this forni, the. :formaldehyde basinex-Irv tends the full lengthfof the crypt and around i 'l the back 'wall .1151, the dished or `concavn'd i portion of the crypt bottompbeing locatedr that opens into the liine'fholding basinQ.

When arranged asV shown in Figures ybetweenl the bridgev wallsol'l, one of which,

adjacent the basins Zand 8, vhas 'a passage 'l2;100

and 9, the crypts are `disposed in adjacentw pairs, that is,r-the lime-.and ,charcoalliolde ying basins of the two crypts are adjacently` disposed at the outerr end of one dividing swall.

are broken only, as the crypte are brought f intouseso that when oneofav pair of adj acent crypts is being used, the other adjacent lcrypt will be sealed kfrom communication with the' crypt-being,used.` y f Y From the foregoing, description,italien Vii connection with the accompanying drawings, Y j n the complete construction, .the 4manner in `which theparts are adapted izorvbeingy op- "1,25

eratively assembled andthe advantages of my invention willbe-,readily Aapparent kto lthose familiar withthe vpractical developf nient and building of crypts or otherflikesanitary systems for burialvaults.

My improved system of'l constructing a cryp-t or burial vault differs from the usual arrangement of vaults that have provision for applying formaldehyde for deodorizing the escaping gases from decomposing bodies and rendering the said gases harmless,l in that it contemplates the use of a quantity of formaldehyde, or other volatile chemical of similar properties injected into anl open evaporating basin within the lcrypt after the crypt is all sealed except thel lower corner of the front thereofl through which the deodorizei is injected and where the inlet of the injector pipe is exposed.

Vhen the surrounding edges of the closure seal is completely sealed, the aforesaid chemical'inlet is sealed by the same operation.

lThe chemical supercharges the air in the crypt until it can take up no more moisture and consequently the body can give off .no more moisture. The germs of 'putrefaction' are destro-yed and cease to cause decay and the body constantly remains natural and unchanged. p

lVhat I claim is l. A burial crypt comprising a hollow compartment having a discharge opening and whose bottom is shaped for directing the seepage to the said discharge opening, means for draining the seepage through the said opening and eXteriorly of the compartment, devices combined with the compart ment through which a deodorizing solution cau be injected into the said'compartment and further means hermetically sealing the said compartment and the said devices after the compartment has been charged with the aforesaid solutio-n, the said compartment bottom including a basin at the inletside into vwhich the deodorant solution is received, and other basins at the discharge side of the'compartment, the said basins at the discharging side being adapted for the reception of chemicals that tend to consume and filter the seepage as it passes to the discharge basin.

2. i In a burial vault, a crypt having a body receiving opening at one end, a slab that constitutes a closure for the said opening after the body is placed into the crypt, means for securing the said slab air-tight over the said opening, a chemical disinfectant collecting basin at one side of the crypt bottom adj acent the front end, a trap in the front wall oi the crypt that discharges into the said disinfectant collection basin and whose inlet end is exposed to receive a charge ofl in the bottom of the crypt at the front endA at that side opposite the disinfect-ant collecting basin, the bottom of the crypt being surface shaped tofconvey the seepage tothe filtering basin, a discharge in the crypt'wall in connectionwith the filtering basin, and a seepage draining duct that conveys the seepage of the crypt, and means for sealing the inletfor the disinfectant sealing trap.V

3. ln a burial vault, a bodyreceiving compartment containing a seepage discharge basin and means in communication with the f i said compartment. for injecting a deodorant charge fromr the outside `ofthe compartment into the said compartment after the body is placed therein, a closure yfor Vthe b'odyfen trance to the said compartment, means liei'- partment has been kchemically charged, .a

Vmetically sealing thesaid closure and the deodorant rinjecting meansv after the com#H seepage receiver below the bottom of the vault, a duct connecting the seepage discharge basin from vthe compartment with the seepage receiver, thesurface ofthe bottom of the said compartment 'being dished from" the,V deodorant entrance tothe said discharge basin whereby seepage within the said compartf'nent is constantly drained towards the said discharge basin, means at the comparting and filtering substance.A l

4. A mausoleum sti'uctureof the character described comprising a crypt whose bottom isy provided with adisinfec tant vreceiving and vaporif/iing `basin located at oneside'v thereof, a trap which opens through the front walls of the crypt into the aforesaidl basin and whose inlet is adapted to receive an injecteddisinfectant solution for charg- 1;

ing the crypt, a filter in one cornerr of the crypt in communication with thefloor space u 105 and a drain pipe in the wall of the crypt whose receiving end opens intov the bottoni of they filter and a receiver below Vthe cryptv bottom intowhicli the drain pipe discharges.

y 5. 'A mausoleum.structure of the character described comprising acrypt, a disinfectantv solution receiving and vaporizing basin' at one side of the front end of the crypt rbot `l tom, a passage through the frontwall of the crypt that leads into the aforesaid bas-in and which has its inlet exposed beyond ythe front wall of the crypt for receiving an injected disint'ectantl solution for charging the crypt, v

a filter located in thc opposite side ofthe crypt bottoni in communication with the.v

floor surface ofthe crypt, a ground drain pipe whose receiving end opens into the bottoiiiof the aforesaid filter.

ROLAND A, NCHOLS. 

